David West Read

David West Read is a Canadian television writer, playwright, and producer. He is known for his work as a writer and executive producer on the television series Schitt's Creek, for which he won an Emmy Award. He is also known for writing the multiple award-winning musical & Juliet. Early life and education Read was born in 1983 in Scarborough, Ontario, and grew up in Markham. His mother and father, an educational book publisher, both hold Master’s degrees in English. Read also has a sister, who studied drama at the University of Guelph. Read attended Markham District High School. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 2006, where he studied English literature and semiotics. After graduation, he briefly explored becoming an actor and appeared in a Rogers phone commercial and small roles in television movies. Read received a full scholarship to New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he graduated in 2010 with a Master of Fine Arts in dramatic writing. He is also a graduate of the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program at Juilliard School. Career